It seems like the search index is broken or perhaps missing or something, it is not possible to search for older topics anymore. There are some topics/posts I refer to regularly, and have been searching for keywords that I knew bring them up (for example a search for 'sirenSettings' used to bring up a great thread about installing new police cars, which included a breakdown of the different sirenSettings values). Another example is searching the API forum for 'PlayAnimation' - you'll get one very recent post, yet I know there are at least 2 or 3 older threads with more detailed information and examples that used to be returned. Not only does this make it harder to find things we know are there, but it's probably contributing to the increase of posts/threads asking basic questions, as even if people find the search button it's not going to help them at the moment. Is there any way for the search index to be rebuilt so searching can find those older threads again?

In the meantime, there's always site:www.lcpdfr.com on google. I had this issue the other day when trying to find some threads about raycasting/traceline. 

I'm aware of these issues. Unfortunately it's yet another issue with vendor software that I simply don't have time to fix. I've already reported the specific problem in regenerating the indexes to them.

Thanks for the quick update Cyan. I'm happy using the workaround in the meantime, just wanted to make sure you guys were aware of it